Re: how to compile non-dynamic ghc-7.8.2 ?

2014-04-27 Thread John Lato
Hi Carter, cabal-install-1.20.0.0, using Cabal 1.20.0.0. But this also happened IIRC with just ghc, no libraries installed, and no cabal anywhere on the path. In any case, thus far the worst behavior I've seen from a too-old cabal is a compile failure, not a core dump :) On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 a

Re: Removing -fext-core

2014-04-27 Thread Richard Eisenberg
+1 from me I’ve been meaning to say essentially the same thing as you just did. We all seem to concentrate on *adding* things to GHC; it’s a bit refreshing to consider *removing* something. Echoing Austin somewhat: - Anyone using external core is either working with an old GHC or is kludging

Removing -fext-core

2014-04-27 Thread Austin Seipp
Hello all, Recently I was wondering something: is there any reason to keep -fext-core around? In particular, it's been broken for a while at this point, see GHC bug #5630[1] As far as I'm aware there really aren't any users of it still around these days, at least none working with a modern GHC. A

Re: how to compile non-dynamic ghc-7.8.2 ?

2014-04-27 Thread harry
John Lato-2 wrote > I'd like to compile ghc-7.8.2 with DynamicGhcPrograms disabled Are you able to use template haskell (and qusiquoting) with this? Don't they need dynamic libs? -- View this message in context: http://haskell.1045720.n5.nabble.com/how-to-compile-non-dynamic-ghc-7-8-2-tp574841